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What Canadian universities gain, and lose, by accepting Huawei funding

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21:46 | Dec 4th, 2019

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The Chinese tech giant Huawei is in the news again. This week is the one-year anniversary since the company's CFO, Meng Wanzhou, was arrested at a Vancouver airport, which triggered a massive diplomat...Show More



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mo recommended:Dec 5th, 2019

Interesting!

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alicekoDec 5th, 2019

Sounds interesting!

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alicekoDec 6th, 2019

@mo Just listened. Fascinating. I had no idea that universities take on such amounts from the private sector. The relationship between Huawei and Canada is so interesting (have you listened to Sanctioned?). Curious to see what happens moving forward.

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moDec 7th, 2019

@aliceko I agree it will be interesting to see how this unfolds... the West preached open markets for 50 years around the globe but as soon as monopoly and power is shifting all the sudden there is a moral panic around network security I don’t know what the implications actually are beyond investin...Show More

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alicekoDec 7th, 2019

@mo I think all issues around global network security will increase exponentially in terms of scrutiny in the new decade. Also, if you haven't listened to Sanctioned, you should! Fascinating story about the Huawei case in Canada that @mm referred to me! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1457362854-S...Show More

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moDec 7th, 2019

@aliceko Thank you for the link to sanctioned. I appreciated the connections they made there as well. My academic background crosses into media studies and history and I am little taken back with all the attention China is receiving nowadays and the connection to network security mentioned with 5G :...Show More

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alicekoDec 7th, 2019

@mo wow, fascinating background. I am interested in media stories too. You have a bunch of interesting episode recommendations, will definitely take a listen through your other echos.

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moDec 8th, 2019

@aliceko Right back at you, feel free to nudge me if you run into something particularly fascinating :)

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